By studying proteins preserved in teeth, researchers determined the sex of four Paranthropus robustus individuals that lived ...

A striking discovery in northern Argentina has reignited curiosity about the origins and cultural practices of ancient ...

Maba 1 also suffered trauma before death, but the specific cause of the trauma remains unknown.

It carries out the detection using human skeleton estimation for features extraction. The use of human skeleton detection opens the possibility for detecting not only falls but also different kind of ...

After nearly three years of closure due to flooding, the world-renowned Sterkfontein caves—part of South Africa’s Cradle of ...

A Chicago fossil of Archaeopteryx uncovers unknown features, supporting theories of bird evolution from dinosaurs and ...

UK researchers have released a report arguing that an ancient skeleton discovered in Dorset may have been a human sacrifice. Veuer’s Matt Hoffman has the story. Gabbard fires top National ...

Through high-resolution CT scans and digital 3D reconstruction, the researchers found that almost the entire skull of the specimen is preserved, including the palatal region, which is the roof of the ...

The skeleton includes a remarkably well-preserved skull with teeth ... of the Florida skeleton reveals no obvious signs of human interaction, such as cut marks or hunting injuries. However, the ...

Mystery surrounds an ancient “scythe” or “blade” discovered at a ceremonial offering site between two human skulls. The dark-green tool is one of almost 800 important artefacts from the ...

(Credit: Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) Then in 1993, a man walking the beach near Trinidad Head found a partial human skull and turned it over to authorities. DNA testing at that time did not ...

Palaeopathological studies of human remains from archaeological contexts can provide ... predominantly affects the axial skeleton and the long bones symmetrically, and is accompanied by an increased ...